Penalty at the gate: Lagos private schools fine late-pickup parents
THE school bell may have signalled the end of classes, but for some parents in Lagos, it is now the beginning of another race — against the clock and, sometimes, against a late-pickup bill.
Adaora Onyechere bags TV Personality of the Year Award
By Chinonso Alozie Ace broadcaster, journalist and gender advocate, Dr. Adaora Onyechere Sydney-Jack, has been honoured with the Television Personality of the Year Award at the Nigeria Most 10 Influential Awards 2026, held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, last Saturday. The prestigious event, organised by VGlamour Magazine under the leadership of its Convenor, Vivian Lam, […]
FG and Umahi’s roads to hell, by Dele Sobowale
Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula. The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s legacy road already […]
The Three Musketeers and the Lone Ranger. The two greatest African families
They are not motivated by luxury, because luxury is a consumer good and they are not consumers. They are motivated by history, by the question of what will still be standing, and still be working, and still be employing people, in a hundred years.
‘Malaria can be defeated’ — Sarkin Gobir Lailaba backs Geneith Competition
By Esther onyegbula The District Head of Lailaba and Sarkin Gobir Lailaba in Kebbi State, Alhaji Suleiman Muhammad Mera, has declared that malaria can be defeated if governments, traditional institutions, communities and development partners sustain their commitment and work together. Mera stated this while endorsing the nationwide Geneith Health Competition during a courtesy visit by […]
Children bear brunt as funding crisis threatens global HIV gains – New report
By Chioma Obinna Children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the global HIV response as funding cuts disrupt prevention, testing and treatment services, with 2.27 million children and adolescents aged 0–19 living with HIV in 2025. The UNAIDS Special Report for AIDS 2026, released Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, showed […]
